Frederik Schübeler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frederik Schübeler

Norwegian botanist

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1815

Place of Birth: Fredrikstad, Eastern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 20-Jun-1892

Profession: physician, botanist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Frederik Schübeler

  • Frederik Christian "Fritz" Schübeler (25 September 1815 – 20 June 1892) was a Norwegian botanist. He was born in Fredriksstad as a son of Gregers Frederik Schübeler (1790–1856) and Louise Christine Engstrøm (1786–1846).
  • He was married twice.
  • An adopted daughter of his, Ingeborg Strengberg (1853–1918), married botanical gardener Carl Theodor Schulz.He graduated from the university with the cand.med.
  • degree in 1840.
  • He had physician jobs at Rikshospitalet from 1841 to 1844 and in Odalen and Lillesand between 1845 and 1847.
  • He then studied botany and horticulture in Europe between 1848 and 1851 with a scholarship from the Royal Norwegian Society of Development.
  • He was a curator at the Botanical Museum in Kristiania from 1852.
  • He applied for the position as head gardener in 1857, but was rejected following resistance from professor Mathias Blytt.
  • After the passing of Blytt, Schübeler was appointed as lecturer in botany in 1864, and professor in 1866.
  • At the same time he became leader of the University Botanical Garden, a position he retained until 1892.His most important publications were Die Culturpflanzen Norwegens (1862), Die Pflanzenwelt Norwegens (1873–1875) and Viridarium Norvegicum (three volumes released between 1885 and 1889).
  • Popular publications include Havebog for Almuen (1856).
  • He is now regarded as an incomplete theoretician, with several faulty hypotheses, but with important practical contributions.
  • He has therefore been called "the father of horticulture in Norway".He was a founding member of the Norwegian Horticulture Society in 1884, and became an honorary member already in 1885.
  • He received an honorary degree at the University of Breslau in 1861 and was awarded the Royal Norwegian Society of Development's gold medal in 1865.

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